Golden Fleece Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the United States Department of the Navy as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their poor planning and lack of oversight that allowed a $3.7 billion modernization of Navy vessels to dramatically underperform expectations. Rep. Hill said, “In 2012 and 2013, the Navy proposed retiring several cruisers due to budget… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the United States Department of Labor (DOL) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their uninvolved administration of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after a year of fumbled public communications and data releases.   Rep. Hill said, “This year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has botched the release of two… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, AR - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the United States Department of Education (ED) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award, once again, for new revelations about their mistakes in their rollout of the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and concerns that their incapacity to address these outstanding issues will result in lower… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their poor oversight of states’ administration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that have led to a second straight year of record high improper payments made through the program. Rep. Hill said, “SNAP… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their implementation of an Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidy structure that encourages fraudulent behavior and lack of oversight and policies to safeguard against these actions. Rep. Hill said, “The Biden Administration… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their slow and incomplete implementation of procedures to secure their data and scientific research. Rep. Hill said, “Years ago, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was tasked with developing and implementing an agency-wide, minimum… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their failure to review and restrict certain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to individuals flagged by the Treasury Department as potentially ineligible before disbursing federal funds, despite agency policies to prevent improper… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for their inability to identify and prevent collusion and other anticompetitive behaviors despite requirements to implement internal controls that manage the risk of fraud.   Rep. Hill said, “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the Department of Education (ED) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for poor implementation of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year.   Rep. Hill said, “The Department of Education has utterly failed in their rollout of the new simplified FAFSA ahead of the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named the Department of Defense (DOD) as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for poor management of the military barracks that house many of our nation’s servicemembers, exposing those who protect and defend the United States to unsafe conditions and negatively impacting their quality of life and work performance.   Rep. Hill… Read more »